Minn. Stat. § 148.6404
SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
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Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2014
The practice of occupational therapy by an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant includes, but is not limited to, intervention directed toward:
(1) assessment and evaluation, including the use of skilled observation or the administration and interpretation of standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements, to identify areas for occupational therapy services;
(2) providing for the development of sensory integrative, neuromuscular, or motor components of performance;
(3) providing for the development of emotional, motivational, cognitive, or psychosocial components of performance;
(4) developing daily living skills;
(5) developing feeding and swallowing skills;
(6) developing play skills and leisure capacities;
(7) enhancing educational performance skills;
(8) enhancing functional performance and work readiness through exercise, range of motion, and use of ergonomic principles;
(a) The practice of occupational therapy means the therapeutic use of everyday activities with individuals or groups for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation. It is the promotion of health and well-being through the use of occupational therapy services that includes screening, evaluation, intervention, and consultation to develop, recover, and maintain a client's:
(1) sensory integrative, neuromuscular, motor, emotional, motivational, cognitive, or psychosocial components of performance;
(2) daily living skills;
(3) feeding and swallowing skills;
(4) play and leisure skills;
(5) educational participation skills;
(6) functional performance and work participation skills;
(7) community mobility; and
(8) health and wellness.
(b) Occupational therapy services include but are not limited to: (1) designing, fabricating, or applying rehabilitative technology, such as selected orthotic and prosthetic devices, and providing training in the functional use of these devices; (2) designing, fabricating, or adapting assistive technology and providing training in the functional use of assistive devices; (3) adapting environments using assistive technology such as environmental controls, wheelchair modifications, and positioning; and (4) employing physical agent modalities in preparation for or as an adjunct to purposeful activity to meet established functional occupational therapy goals.
(10) designing, fabricating, or adapting assistive technology and providing training in the functional use of assistive devices;
(11) adapting environments using assistive technology such as environmental controls, wheelchair modifications, and positioning;
(12) employing physical agent modalities, in preparation for or as an adjunct to purposeful activity, within the same treatment session or to meet established functional occupational therapy goals; and
(13) promoting health and wellness.
(c) Occupational therapy services must be based on nationally established standards of practice.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.